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newsmaker, The game BioShock Infinite brings players to the floating city of Columbia during the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair. Image courtesy of Irrational Games

Moody comments on new video game, BioShock Infinite

Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Kyle Moody, who teaches a UI video-game-journalism course, says whether it's technology, interface, storytelling, themes, or all of these things, BioShock games mean a move to the future through the lens of the past.

UI Alumni Association event offers business networking opportunities

Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Collaboration is critical in today’s business world—and an upcoming networking event from the University of Iowa Alumni Association offers the chance to make some important connections with fellow Hawkeyes.

Atlanta Fed president to speak at U.S. monetary policy conference at UI

Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Atlanta Federal Reserve President Dennis Lockhart and world-renowned economist Allan Meltzer will discuss the Federal Reserve’s recent monetary policy in the wake of the financial crisis of 2007-2008 and competing ideas about how to handle America’s national debt in a conference at the University of Iowa on April 13.

UI to participate in Severe Weather Awareness Week test Wednesday

Monday, March 25, 2013
The University of Iowa will participate in the annual statewide tornado drill between 10 and 10:30 a.m. Wednesday as part of Severe Weather Awareness Week.
Dr. Terry Wahls holds a bin full of brightly colored vegetables and fruits

UI doctor with MS suggests caveman diet

Monday, March 25, 2013
Terry Wahls, a medical doctor and UI professor, has developed "The Wahls Protocol," also the title of a forthcoming book, about the special diet she's developed, which involves eating a diet similar to what cavemen would have eaten.
The Kuhl house, home to the University of Iowa Press, photographed on Wednesday, March 21, 2007, is located on 119 W Park Rd. in Iowa City and is the oldest domestic house in Iowa City, the original first floor was built in the 1840's.

UI Press honors short fiction authors

Monday, March 25, 2013
Tessa Mellas and Kate Milliken received the 2013 Iowa Short Fiction Awards from the University of Iowa Press, located in the historic Kuhl house.
Photo of Leesa Fair and her son, Ben at Carver-Hawkeye Arena for December 2012 graduation

Mom, son graduate together thanks to online learning

Monday, March 25, 2013
Leesa Fair achieved her 50th birthday goal—to receive a college degree, made possible by UI online learning opportunities, which also allowed her to graduate in December along with her son, Ben, who received a Bachelor of Arts in computer science.

Deadline approaching for Ray Staff Scholarship

Monday, March 25, 2013
University of Iowa staff members who wish to begin or continue their undergraduate education can apply for funding support from the Robert F. Ray Staff Scholarship, offered through the Division of Continuing Education. The application deadline is April 1.
A photo of a deer head with the words "The Here, the Now, and the Then"

Experience 'The Here, the Now, and the Then'

Monday, March 25, 2013
Experience “The Here, the Now, and the Then” at the next University of Iowa Museum of Art (UIMA) First Friday reception on April 5 from 5-7 p.m. at hotelVetro. For $5, enjoy refreshments, light hors d’oeuvres, art by Des Moines-based Larassa Kabel and toe-tapping indie pop tunes.

Iowa on WorldMap

Monday, March 25, 2013
Colin Gordon, professor of history, will present “Iowa on WorldMap“ on Thursday, March 28, from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in 1117 University Capitol Centre at the Old Capitol Town Center.

A decade of community

Monday, March 25, 2013
Join the 10th anniversary celebration of the University of Iowa’s Asian and Pacific American Cultural Center April 5-7, co-sponsored by the UI Center for Student Involvement and Leadership and the UI Alumni Association.

Tweet the good

Monday, March 25, 2013
The University of Iowa College of Education’s Teacher Leader Center will host a panel discussion “Tweet the Good: Positive Social Media in Schools,” from 5 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 27. The discussion will take place in Room N140 Lindquist Center and is free and open to the public.